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Traditional Chinese | 衛滿朝鮮 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 卫满朝鲜 | ||||||
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Hangul | 위만조선 | ||||||
Hanja | 衛滿朝鮮 | ||||||
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Wiman Joseon (194–108 BC) was a dynasty of Gojoseon. It began with Wiman's (Wei Man) seizure of the throne from Gija Joseon's King Jun and ended with the death of King Ugeo who was a grandson of Wiman. Apart from archaeological data, the main source on this historical period comes from chapter 115 of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian.[1] Wiman was originally a Chinese military leader from the Kingdom of Yan under the Han dynasty.[2][3][4][5][6]